BARANGAY PROFILES

BARANGAY ALNO

The barangay is located on the southwestern part of La Trinidad. The barangay shares its boundaries with four other barangays of the municipality: the Municipality of Tublay to the north, barangay Alapang to the south, barangay Bahong to the east and barangay Bineng to the west.

Alapang was once part of Alno which was part of Tackdian. Tackdian was composed of Shilan, Bahong, and Acop during the pre-Spanish times. It is said that there were waves of migration into the Tackdian area during the 14th and 18th century.

Barangay Ambiong is nestled on the southern part of the municipality of La Trinidad. This rural area is bounded on the north by Barangay Lubas, on the south by Baguio City, on the east by Barangay Beckel, and on the west by Barangay Balili. It covers a land area of 342.0270 hectares, representing 4.23% of the municipal land area.

Bahong was once part of Tacdian which was composed of Shilan, Alno, Alapang, Tawang, Camp Dangwa formerly known as Camp Holmes, and Acop. It is said that there were two waves of migration into the Tacdian Valley during the 14th and 18th century.

Balili was originally thickly forested with bamboo and badili grass. Balili was once part of Pico, the biggest barangay in the olden days of La Trinidad, Benguet. It was then called Eastern Pico. Today, Barangay Balili is a fast urbanizing barangay.

Barangay Beckel is located on the southwestern part of the Municipality of La Trinidad. It is bounded to the north by barangay Shilan, to the south by the City of Baguio, to the east by the Municipality of Itogon and to the west by barangay Ambiong.

Barangay Betag is located on the southern part of La Trinidad Valley. The area is basically of flat terrain. This barangay is bounded on the north by barangay Poblacion, on the south by barangay Pico, on the east by barangay Balili, and on the west by barangay Poblacion, Wangal and Puguis.

Barangay Bineng is located on the southwestern part of La Trinidad. The barangay shares its boundaries with Tublay and Alno to the north, Wangal and Poblacion to the south, Alno and Alapang to the east and Sablan to the west. The barangay has a distance of 2 kilometers from Poblacion and 8 kilometers from Baguio City.

Barangay Cruz is located about 1 kilometer to the north of the Municipal Hall of La Trinidad. The barangay shares it boundaries with other barangays. It is bounded to the north by barangay Alapang, to the south by Barangay Balili, to the east by the Barangay Alapang and Tawang and to the west by barangay Poblacion.

Barangay Lubas is located on the southern part of the municipality of La Trinidad. It is bounded on the north by Barangay Tawang and Shilan, to the south by Barangay Ambiong and Balili, to the east by Barangay Shilan, Beckel and Ambiong and to the west by Barangay Tawang and Balili.

Barangay Pico is located on the southwestern part of La Trinidad. It is bounded to the north by Barangay Betag; to the south by Baguio City; to the east by Barangay Balili; and to the west by Barangay Puguis. The barangay has an estimated land area of 329.3567 hectares which comprises 4.08% of the municipality’s total land area.

Poblacion is one of the 16 barangays of the Municipality of La Trinidad, Province of Benguet, and part of the Cordillera Administrative Region. Barangay Poblacion is situated on the central part of the municipality of La Trinidad. It is bounded on the north by barangay Bineng, on the east by barangay Puguis, to the west by barangay Cruz, and to the south by barangay Betag.

Barangay Puguis is the 3rd largest barangay of the Municipality of La Trinidad, Benguet. It is located on the southwestern part of the municipality, bounded on the north by barangay Wangal, on the south by Baguio City and the Municipality of Tuba, on the east by Barangay Betag and Pico and on the west by the Municipality of Sablan.

Barangay Shilan is located at the eastern part of La Trinidad. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Tublay, on the south and southeast by Beckel, on the southwest by Lubas, and on the west by Bahong and Tawang.

Barangay Tawang lies in the northern portion of the municipality of La Trinidad. About 3 kilometers from the Municipal Hall. Bounded on the east by barangay Shilan, on the north by barangay Bahong, on the south by barangay Lubas and Beckel, and on the west by barangay Alapang and Cruz.

Wangal is one of the 16 barangays of the Municipality of La Trinidad, which is 256 kilometers north of Metro Manila. It is located in the western part of the municipality. Its boundaries consist of Barangay Puguis on the South, Barangay Bineng on the North, and Barangay Poblacion in the West and the Municipality of Sablan on the East.